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Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus : Sonate für Klavier Nr.11　Mov.3 Alla Turca-Allegretto

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Music ID : 30485
Instrumentation：Piano Solo　
Genre：sonata
Total Playing Time：3 min 30 sec
Copyright：Public Domain
sonata
Piano Solo
piano solo

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Author : Okada, Akihiro

Last Updated: March 5, 2019
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Note: This article is automatically translated from the original Japanese text. The author of the original work did not supervise this translation.

Third Movement: A minor – A major, 2/4 time, Turkish March

This march, marked 'Alla Turca' (Turkish style) at the beginning, is arguably the most popular of Mozart's works.

It begins with a melody characterized by a swirling figuration in A minor, and after a combination of stepwise ascending and descending thirds in C major (the relative major) (from m. 9), this motif develops into a military march-like music in A major (the parallel major of the tonic) (from m. 25).

Subsequently, a passage of sixteenth notes appears, beginning with an inverted form of the opening swirling figuration in F-sharp minor (the relative minor of A major) (from m. 33).

Following this passage, the military march in A major is reinserted, and the opening swirling figuration theme returns in A minor (from m. 65). After the recapitulation of the C major section (from m. 73) and the A major section (from m. 89), a coda develops from the A major military march, concluding the piece brilliantly while recalling the inverted form of the swirling figuration.

Writer: Okada, Akihiro

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